Bin Laden is dead, official

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Kaye T. Bai

A fitting track dedicated to the late OBL:



Strange thing is, if I recall correctly, Islam doesn't look too highly on burial at sea or cremation. Islamic law prefers burial on land from what I've heard.

Great!!! Icing on the cake!

[Kaye T. Bai]

Originally Posted by tater

Yeah. Apparently it's OK< but only if the person dies at sea and cannot be buried on land. So I'm glad it offends them. Hopefully the offense becomes widespread among terrorist sympathizers.

They should've cremated him and scattered his ashes over the ocean, but that's just me. Double the pleasure!

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

TODAY... IS A GOOD DAY!!!

Quoted for truth. Trolls be damned.

[MaddogK]

LOL, this is gonna hurt:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/9...1/7366885.html

I wonder who'se gonna get hit first, the Paki's or London.

[Kaye T. Bai]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY!!!

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by tater

Yeah. Apparently it's OK< but only if the person dies at sea and cannot be buried on land. So I'm glad it offends them. Hopefully the offense becomes widespread among terrorist sympathizers.

Hope they spread some shark food out before they threw him over, facing south. Should've strung him at at the trade center site for viewing.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Kaye T. Bai

Kind of fitting that the U.S.N. SEALs got the highest honor of dispatching of Osama bin Laden. I'm sure the friends and families of the sailors killed on board the U.S.S. Cole (DDG-67) are happy.

No to mention that is was the Naval Command Center at the Pentagon that was hit on 9/11.

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by tater

The op was in place to kill him from what I have read. Glad they decided to do that instead of a trial (also glad US troops were not placed at even greater risk by asking them to grab him up instead of a pure assault (and great that none of our guys was killed. WTFG.). Still, it makes the whining about trials for detainees pretty absurd when summary execution is on the plate for others.

Tough call though since some intel for this op came from detainee interrogations, so I guess taking prisoners is a good thing.

Oh tater, even us that think detainees should have due process, we all know Laden is evil and guilty and enjoy the news of his death. It's when you keep unknowns without a trial it's an issue.

I would've had no problem keeping him in a prision for viewing if we could've gotten him, been good for the world to see. Course it would offend me that he would get better healthcare than millions of americans, so glad he's dead.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by yojimbo

i doubt al qaida was involved on this 911 secret secvire from many country like sweeden japan gemany and more think it was an inside job from american but this is another debate..also has someone else said ben laden become a martyr and al quaida has 10 yeares to prepare vengence of hes death . we can expect violence in the enxt month

"my 2 cent" In my opinion there was no inside job, as I can in good conscience say .... but of course much violence is there but not "just" of this particular event

[tater]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Oh tater, even us that think detainees should have due process, we all know Laden is evil and guilty and enjoy the news of his death. It's when you keep unknowns without a trial it's an issue.

I would've had no problem keeping him in a prision for viewing if we could've gotten him, been good for the world to see. Course it would offend me that he would get better healthcare than millions of americans, so glad he's dead.

KSM was not "unknown." Nor are many of the "high value' detainees, at least no to the intel community.

Due process exists, or it doesn't. You can't say "well of course THIS guy doesn't deserve due process, after all we all know HE is guilty." Some CIA guy, or local commander can just as well "know for sure" that the guy they grabbed up is guilty, too. You cannot have an arbitrary standard.

I don't think any of them deserve due process as long as they violate the rules of war, myself. I think such rules, and the GC only really work under conditions of reciprocity.

Kill all of them.

[Ducimus]

I NEVER thought i'd seen the day. Although I don't think he deserved any burial at sea in "islamic tradition" though i understand why they're saying that. (To not piss anyone off needlessly). If i had my way, i'd toss his rotting carcass face down into a ditch, piss on it, toss in a bunch of pig entrails, throw some lime over it, and non ceremoniously fill it in with a backhoe, leaving no headstone, gravestone, or other marker. Then i'd televise it on national TV, with the bold headline, "This is what happens when you F _ _ _ with us."

(EDIT: Acutally, not that ive spent more time dwelling on it, id behead him, then toss his rotting carcass into a ditch front side down, piss on it, toss in a bunch of pig entrails, toss in some lime, non ceremoniously fill it in with a backhoe, then leave his head on a pike as the headstone, with a sign dangeling from his mouth that reads, "This is what happends when you F _ _ _ with the US". )

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yeah, the Islamists won't like this, he'll be a martyr, so what. If someone takes his place, kill him too. I don't subscribe to the creedo "this won't change anything, we can't stop them so let's give up." Screw that. Take the fight to them and crush them.

I do like the idea of Kill all they send until they stop sending. In the big picture, it won't end the Jihadist movement, but one very important thing it does prove, is you can't hide hide forever. We'll eventually get you. (and to that remark, i must admit, originally, i never thought wed get him. How happy i am to have been proved wrong)

[Biggles]

American newspapers shows little sympathy for the man:


Not that he deserves any form of grief...but I am surprised that they aren't a bit more neutral...

[edit]

On second thoughts, I'm not surprised at all

[Dowly]

Bin Laden Dead: Video animation of terrorist leader's final moments

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Bin Laden Dead: Video animation of terrorist leader's final moments

Well OFCOURSE! Where else would he live than 911 Jihad Street?!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Biggles

Well OFCOURSE! Where else would he live than 911 Jihad Street?!